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Corporate leaders often try to _____ their intentions, as disclosing the motives that drive decisions may put the company’s strategic advantage at risk.

Blank (i)
A. occlude
B. stipulate
C. obfuscate
D. preclude
E. abjure

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On the GRE vocabulary is important, pivotal but ALSO to understand the sentence

Corporate leaders often try to _____ their intentions,

here we do have two picks: or hidden their intentions or to disclose and make them clearer

as disclosing the motives that drive decisions may put the company’s strategic advantage at risk.

from the above the leaders try to hidden I would say.

let see if I am wrong or right

start ALWAYS from the WRONG ones. Why? it is easier and you can work from the outside to the inside. closing the circle

A. occlude
B. stipulate
C. obfuscate
D. preclude
E. abjure

A and E are off

B. stipulate means to deal such a contract. here is wrong. the leaders will not stipulate anything such as a joint venture.

C and D

D means to forbid and I think is off

C. obfuscate is perfect. It means to hide the information. make them less clear

30 seconds approach

occlude also means "hide or obscure from prominence or view."

Doubt which one to pick Occlude or Obfuscate as both meant to hide

Not really

The first means essentially to block, while the second means to hide or disguise.